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SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



Compendium of the 

Growing Sources of Seeds, Vegetables 

and Flowers. 



SHOWING ADDRESSES, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, OF MORE THAN ONE 
HUNDRED AND THIRTY OF THE MOST PROMINENT SEED-GROWING 
ESTABLISHMENTS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE. CLASSIFICATION 
OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES WITH NAMES OF GROW- 
ERS THAT ARE CLOSELY IDENTIFIED WITH 
PARTICULAR KINDS. ALSO, 

Full List of Synonyms of Familiarly Known Varieties of Vegetables 

Table of Standard Quantities of Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds for filling small packets. 

FORMULAS FOR PREPARING CELEBRATED LAWN GRASS MIXTURES. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR MAKING OUT A CATALOGUE. 



CHARLES JOHNSON. 



SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION. 



MARIETTA, PA 
1904. 



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pBRaRtoieONeHESSl 

two Sooies Received - 1 
AUG 13 1904 
Copyright Eniry 

ol&Is a- xxc. no. 



COPYRIGHT 1904, 
BY 

CHARLES JOHNSON. 



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9, 



INTRODUCTORY. 



The seed business in America is now conducted 
on such a large scale, covering wide and diverse 
conditions, that those engaged in it may be said to 
be divided into two distinct classes, namely, the 
seed dealers (both wholesale and retail) and the 
seed growers proper. Obviously the former consti- 
tute a conspicuous part of the commercial life of 
cities, while the latter are more closely identified 
with the soil, being strictly commercial seed pro- 
ducers, i. e. } those who grow for the former. 

Prominent in the first class, or the seed dealers, 
may be mentioned such well-known houses as D. 
M. Ferry & Co., of Detroit ; D. Landreth Seed Co., 
Robert Buist Seed Co., W. Atlee Burpee & Co., all 
of Philadelphia ; Jerome B. Rice & Co., of Cam- 
bridge, N. Y.; J. M. Thorburn & Co. and Peter 
Henderson & Co., of New York City ; the Leonard 
Seed Co. and J. C. Vaughn, of Chicago, and the 
Plant Seed Co., of St. Louis. 

Those in the other class, namely, the growers of 
seeds, do not come prominently before the public. 

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4 INTRODUCTORY. 

In a general sense, this class may be termed the 
fountain-head of the seed business, for obviously it 
is the producer-— the man who actually gets to the 
earth — that is the mainstay of the industry. 

The seed-growing firms of the country are man- 
aged according to systematic business principles ; 
some on a large scale, others with less capital, while 
a number are specialists in certain lines. 

The expression "Seed Grower" implies some- 
thing more than the mere act of growing certain 
seeds : it means that those to whom it is applied 
have selected the conditions of soil and climate 
best calculated to produce plump, vigorous, fertile 
seed ; hence we find that no one locality produces 
all the seed that finds its way into the avenues of 
trade, and that no country or section has a monop- 
oly of seed-growing as a whole. 

To know the growers in each locality who pro- 
duce particular kinds of seed necessarily requires a 
more extensive fund of information than is pos- 
sessed by the average seed buyer. This of itself 
makes a reliable compendium of the seed-growing 
industry of value to all interested in the trade. 

In the interest of the jobbing and retail trade the 
compiler has produced such a list, giving the names 
of the most reliable concerns located in both 
America and Europe who make an exclusive busi- 
ness of seed-growing, included in which are over 



INTRODUCTORY. O 

twenty-five concerns making a specialty of Peas 
and Beans ; eight or more of Cabbage : a like 
number of Tomato, Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion, 
Melon, Beet, Radish, Turnip, etc., also the foreign 
growers of the Bermuda and Bloomsdale Early 
Pearl Onion. It has been arranged in such a man- 
ner that it will be invaluable to any seed dealer, 
whether he be a novice or an adept. We believe 
that whoever makes use of the data contained in 
this compendium will be enabled to make purchases 
to better advantage and at the lowest possible price. 

In style and arrangement the work presents the 
information and addresses in such a manner that it 
will be easy to refer to any subject, firm or location 
without loss of time or vexatious delay. In brief, 
there is an alphabetical list of growers with their 
addresses ; then the proper classification of the 
different varieties of vegetable and flower seeds with 
the names of growers that are closely identified 
with the growing of particular varieties ; in addi- 
tion there are given suggestions bearing on the 
salient features of buying. 

Incorporated with the compendium of growing- 
sources and suggestions for seed buyers, there are 
included several other features of importance. Of 
these, to be mentioned first, is a list of recent 
growers'-prices for the best seeds. This is known to 
be the first time that such a complete list of this 



6 INTRODUCTORY. 

kind has ever been published. For the expert seed 
buyer it will be of assistance to have at hand when 
renewing his contracts, and for the novice it will 
be a guide in making his first orders with the 
grower. 

Next, there is furnished a list of the synonyms of 
familiar varieties of vegetables. Rather, this ought 
to be entitled a dictionary of the aliases under which 
so many old-fashioned, can't-do-without-'em varie- 
ties are now masquerading. Not only by the seed- 
buyer, but by the man behind the gun in the seed 
establishment, the man who puts up the orders, will 
this list be appreciated, as it will save time, worry 
and money. It will further entertain the novice by 
enlightening him as to how so many so-called 
" novelties " have originated. 

Then in connection with giving addresses of 
manufacturers of illustrated seed bags, it has been 
deemed proper to furnish a table of the standard 
quantities of seeds, vegetables and flowers, for filling 
small packets. As a matter of economy this table 
will be found indispensable by every seed dealer 
who puts up his own papers. Many are in the 
habit of using a scale prepared by guess work for 
such purpose ; some just fill their papers " any old 
way " with no regard to uniformity as to quantity, 
and, in fact, nearly all inadvertently overfill their 
packets. They give more seeds than are really 



INTRODUCTORY. 7 

necessary. The table in question is similar to that 
used by the principal seed houses. The quantities 
are carefully gauged to cover what is requisite for 
an ordinary family garden. Take, for example, a 
5-cent packet of cabbage. The standard quantity 
will produce about 200 plants, which is more than 
ample for the usual family. This illustration ap- 
plies to every other variety. To give more than 
the quantities specified is a waste. In filling many 
packets this waste materially affects the profit-and- 
loss account. 

With information where to obtain " electros" of 
vegetables and flowers for catalogue purposes, there 
are some suggestions given on another page as to 
the- best manner for making up a seed catalogue. 

Finally, there are presented several excellent 
formulas for preparing lawn-grass seed and a lawn 
fertilizer. 

The whole work represents the experience of the 
compiler in the seed business, now covering more 
than a quarter of a century's association with one 
of the largest and best known establishments in the 
country, namely, the Landreths of Philadelphia ; 
coupled with an additional five years' experience 
as a Seedsman in Chicago ; a short period with a 
large seed house in Memphis, Tenn., and lastly, 
ten years' experience in California as a member 
of the Johnson & Musser Seed Co. — from which 



8 INTRODUCTORY. 

concern he has only recently retired — all of which 

ought to establish his authority on the practical 

and commercial phases of the seed business. 

Charles Johnson. 
Mabietta, Pa., July 1, 1904. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 

Introductory 3 

Alphabetical List of Seed Growers 11 

Classification of the Different Varieties of Seeds 20 

Names of Growers Closely Identified with the Grow- 
ing of Particular Varieties 20 

First Class Sources for Alfalfa, Blue Grass, Etc- 46 

Dealers in Electros of Vegetables and Flowers for 

Catalogue Illustration 46 

Manufacturers of Illustrated and Plain Seed Bags ... 47 

Sundries, Bulbs, Etc 48 

Vitality of Seeds 51 

Growers' Prices 52 

List of Synonyms 57 

Putting Up Seed Packets 84 

Table of Quantities for Filling Small Packets 85 

Publishing a Catalogue 90 

Formulas for Making Lawn-Grass Seed 92 

Formula for Making Lawn Fertilizer 93 

Business Success 94 

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SEED GROWERS, 
WITH THEIR ADDRESSES. 

All here named are reliable seed growers in good 
standing, and it will be well to keep in touch with 
every one regarding prices and particulars by making 
special request for same, if not sent to you early without 
solicitation. Disdain no information ; in the seed bus- 
iness one is never done learning. 

A. 
Agnew, H. C. & J. B. , Agnew, Cal. 
Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, Ga. 
Allen, C. L., Floral Park, N. Y. 
Allen, J. H., Seed Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
Allen, R., & Son, Ballymena, Ireland. 
Andrews, D. M., Boulder, Colo. 
Anthony, H. C, Portsmouth, R. I. 

B. 
Baer, Chas., Turner, Oregon. 
Barnard, Frank E., Ventura, Cal. 

Barr & Sons, 11-13 King St., Covent Garden, Lon- 
don, Eng. 
Barter, John F., Sudbury, Middlesex, Eng. 
Beatty Mercantile Co., Manzanola, Colo. 
Benary, Ernst, Erfurt, Prussia. 
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12 THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 

Berry, A. A., Seed Co., Clarinda, Iowa. 

Blackman & Griffin, Ogden, Utah. 

Blanc, A., Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Blodgett, V. E., Santa Ana, Cal. 

Bodger, John, & Son, Santa Paula, Cal. 

Boggs, Caleb, & Son, Cheswold, Del. 

Bowell, F. M. , Rolling Prairie, Ind. 

Box, John R., West Wickham, Kent, Eng. 

Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cal. 

Brill, Francis, Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. 

Bryant, J. M., 706 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bull, Wm., & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, London, 

S. W., Eng. 
Burbank, Luther, Santa Rosa, Cal. 
Busquers, Wm. E., &Co., Arnheim, Holland. 

C. 

California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal. 

Carter, C. J., & Son, Wallace, N. C. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale, London, Eng. 

Chin-Ah-Coon Seed Growing Co., Sunnyvale, Cal. 

Cincinnati Bag Co. , 2d & Walnut Sts. , Cincinnati, 0. 

Clark, A. N., Milford, Conn. 

Clark, C. S., Wakeman, 0. 

Clark Bros., 61 Ann St., New York City. 

Clark, E. B., & Sons, Milford, Conn. 

Cole, Sam'l, Ventura, Cal. 

Collins, A. J., Moorestown, N. J. 

Comstock, Ferre & Co., Wethersfield, Conn. 

Connell, H. H., Guernsey, Iowa. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 13 

Cooper, Taber & Co., London, Eng. 
Cony, J. C, Enid, Okla. 
Courteen, S. G., Milwaukee, Wis. 
Cowee, Arthur, Berlin, N. Y. 
Cox Seed Co., San Francisco, Cal. 
Coy, C. P. & Son, Waterloo, Neb. 
Croom, J. F., & Bro., Magnolia, N. C. 
Cullen, Thos., Witham, Essex, Eng. 
Cushman Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, O. 

D. 
Damman & Co., San Giovanni a Teduccio, Italy. 
Dana, J. C. , & Co. , Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
Davy, Beaufort, Main & Loire, France. 
DegrafT Bros., Leiden, Holland. 
Delvondie, E. F., New Orleans, La. 
Dennison, W. A., Ellisburg, N. Y. 
Dickinson, Albert, Seed Co., Chicago, 111. 
Dippe Bros. , Quedlinburg, Germany. 

E. 
Egger, Geo., Jaffa, Palestine. 

Eldering, W. J., & Son, Overveen, Harlem, Holland. 
Ellery, H. E., Carpenteria, Cal. 
English, John F., & Co., Clay and Davis Sts., San 

Francisco, Cal. 
Evans Seed Co., West Branch, Mich. 

F. 
Falk & Buchan, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 
Farmer, A. A., Lafayette, Kans. 



14 THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 

Finch, F., Clyde, N. Y. 
Fish, Henry, Santa Barbara, Cal. 
Ford, Chas., Co., Watson ville, Cal. 
Fosgate, W. J. , Santa Clara, Cal. 
Franklin, C. B., Carpenteria, Cal. 
Frith, Chas. A. V., Hamilton, Bermuda. 
Frith & Co., Nashville, Tenn. 
Fuller, Arthur, Santa Ana, Cal. 
Furrow Bros., Guthrie, Okla. 

G. 
Gair, Robert, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Gates, J. & Chas. , Hardesty, Okla. 
Germain Seed Co. , Los Angeles, Cal. 
Gilbert, D. H., Monticello, Fla. 
Glecner & Faust, 123 Mott St., New York. 
Goodale, B. E., Calverton, L. I., N. Y. 
Gould, Thos., Ventura, Cal. 
Green, W. F., Bellville, N. Y. 
Grenell, W. H., Pierrepont Manor, N. Y. 
Griffing Bros. Co. , Jacksonville, Fla. 
Grim, E. A. , & Co. , Hamburg, Germany. 
Griswold, Thos., & Co., S. Wethersfield, Conn. 
Groves, J. H. , & Son, Magnolia, N. C. 
Grullemans, J. J. , & Son, Lisse, Holland. 

H. 
Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt, Prussia. 
Hall, JohnM., Miller, Cal. 
Hansen, A., Copenhagen, F., Denmark, 



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Hansom, Jos., Arroyo Grande, Cal. 

Harrison & Son, Leicester, Eng. 

Hart, Wells & Co., Wethersfield, Conn. 

Hasslach & Roumanville, St. Reroy de Provence, France. 

Haven Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Cal. 

Heineman, F. C, Erfurt, Germany. 

Helm, T. W., & Co., Birmingham, Ala. 

Henry, John, Beaverton, Oregon. 

Herb, M., Naples, Italy. 

Hillebrand, Uberto, Pallanza, Italy. 

Hjalmar, Hartman & Co., Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Hodge, Frank, Alton, Cal. 

Houdry, Fils, Dol de Bretagne, France. 

Hubert & Co. , Guernsey, Channel Is. , Eng. 

Hume, John, Port Hope, Can. 

Hurst & Son, 152 Hamsditch, London, Eng. 

J. 
James, R. K. , Rural Route No. 3, Rocky Ford, Colo. 
Jannette Bros., Mt. Pleasant, S. C. 
Jensch, Gustav, & Co., Aschers Leben, Germany. 
Johnson, L. M., Tustin Cal. 
Johnson, W. W., & Sons, Lim'd, Boston, Eng. 
Jones, H. P., Herndon, Ga. 

K. 
Keeney, N. B., & Son, Le Roy, N. Y. 
Kelsey ; Joseph B., Sawtelle, Cal. 
Kennell, John Fay, Box 405, Rochester, N. Y. 
Kimberlin, J. M., & Son, Santa Clara, Cal. 
King, J. K., Coggleshall, Essex, Eng. 



16 THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 

L. 

Ladd Seed Co., Adrian, Mich. 
Lecoq, A., & Co., Darmstadt, Germany. 
Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle, Eng. 
Loomis Floral Co., Loomis, Cal. 
Lupton, J. M., Mattituck, L. I., N. Y. 

M c - 
McCullough's, J. M., Sons, Cincinnati, O. 
McFarland, J. Horace, Co., Harrisburg, Pa. 
McMorran-Gray Co. , Port Huron, Mich. 
McNeen, Jas., La Junta, Colo. 

M. 
March, H. A., Anacortes, Wash. 
Mette, Henry, Quedlinburg, Germany. 
Merwin, Marcus, Milford, Conn. 
Merwin, W. S., & S. T., Milford, Conn. 
Morrison, E. H., Fairfield, Wash. 
Morse, C. C, & Co., Santa Clara, Cal. 

N. 
Newbury, H. E., Co., Magnolia, N. C. 
Niagara Lithograph Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Nutting & Sons, 106 South wark St. , London, Eng. 

O. 
Orcutt Seed & Plant Co., San Diego, Cal. 

P. 
Pape & Bermann, Quedlinburg, Germany. 
Parker, Chas., Santa Clara, Cal. 



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Parsons, E. B. , Penn Valley, Pa. 
Paxson, J. V., Lake Side, Mich. 
Peacock, W. P., Atco, N. J. 
Pederson, J., Copenhagen, Denmark. 
Pedrick, Geo. R., Pedrick Town, N. J. 
Peignaux & Lorain, Angers, France. 
Peppard, J, G., Kansas City, Mo. 
Perkins, Mitchell B., Beverly, N. J. 
Portland Seed Co., Portland, Oregon. 

R. 
Ragland, R. L., Hyco, Va. 

Rees & Gompers, R. F. D. No. 1, Long Beach, Cal. 
Ridgway, Isaac, Greenwich, N. J. 
Roberts & Holder, Brain, Sur Anthion, France. 
Robichaux, Edgar, Raceland, La. 
Robinson, J. C, Waterloo, Neb. 
Roemer, Fred, Quedlinbnrg, Germany. 
Rogers Bros., Chaumont, N. Y. 
Rohnert, Waldo, Gilroy, Cal. 
Routzahn Seed Co., Arroyo Grande, Cal. 
Rumph, L. A., Marshallville, Ga. 
Russ, Howard A., Delanco, N. J. 

S. 
Sachs, David, Quedlinburg, Germany. 
Sagarniroya, Jose, Havana, Cuba. 
Santa Paula Commercial Co. , Santa Paula, Cal. 
Shaft, W., Fullerton, Cal. 
Shenkel, Albert, Hamburg, Germany. 
Sluis & Groot, Enkhuisen, Holland. 



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Smith, N. E., Milford, Conn. 

Smurthwaite, C. A. , Produce Co. , Ogden, Utah. 

Southern Pacific Milling Co. , Saticoy, Cal. 

Spangler, E. J. , & Co. , 507 Ludlow St. , Philadelphia, Pa. 

Spears, E. F. , & Sons, Paris, Ky. 

Speelman, C. J., Sons, Sassenheim, Holland. 

Spittel, Friederick, Arnstadt, near Erfurt, Germany. 

Squiers, J. H., Wellington, Ont. 

Stallknecht & Meyer, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Stanley, Ashton & Co., South Gate, London N., Eng. 

Stecher Lithographing Co. , Rochester, N. Y. 

Surrey Seed Co., Lim'd, Red Hill, Eng. 

Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng. 

Suzuki & Iida, 31 Barclay St., New York. 

Swan, N. D., Belleville, N. Y. 

T. 
Taylor, C. M., Georgetown, Ky. 
The General Bulb Co., Vogelenzung, Holland. 
The Munson Co. , New Haven, Conn. 
Tousley, J. F. , Pierrepont Manor, N. Y. 
Tucker, H. V., Liberal, Kan. 

V. 
Van Waveren, L. & Co., Hillegom, Holland. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co., 4 Quai de la Megisserie, 

Paris, France. 
Vogeler Seed & Produce Co. , Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Volkman, C. M., & Co., 408 Front St., San Francisco, 

Cal. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 19 

Vrendenburg & Co. , Rochester, N. Y. 

W. 
Wall, H. M., Litho. Co., Frost & Leonard Sts., 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Wather, Wm., Belleville, N. Y. 
Watkins, S. L. , Fair Oaks, Cal. 
Watkins, W. G., Placerville, Cal. 
Watkins & Simpson, 12 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, 

London, Eng. 
West, Geo. W., Shelly Bay, Bermuda. 
Western Seed & Irrigation Co. , Fremont, Neb. 
Wherry, W. R., & Co., Bourne, Eng. 
Whitney, Eckstein & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Wilcox, Alvin C, Roscoe, 111. 
Wilcox, Frank T. , Santa Clara, Cal. 
Wilcox, H. W., Whitby, Ontario. 
Wilde, W. G., Ventura, Cal. 

Wildpret Bros. , Port Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. 
Willett, N. L. , Drug Co. , Augusta, Ga. 
Williams, F., Belleville, N. Y. 
Woodruff, F. H., & Sons, Milford, Conn. 
Woodruff, S. N., & Sons, Orange, Conn. 
Wright, C. R., Liberal, Kan. 
Wright, W. G., San Bernardino, Cal. 

Y. 
Young, Willis G., 323 Brown St., Dayton, 0. 

Z. 
Zippe, H., & Co., Lisse, Holland. 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF 

VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS, WITH THE 

NAMES OF GBOWEES THAT ARE CLOSELY 

IDENTIFIED WITH THE GROWING OF 

PARTICULAR VARIETIES, ALSO 

SUGGESTIONS BEARING ON 

THE SALIENT FEATURES 

OF BUYING. 

The alphabetical list is referred to for the addresses 
of growers. It is deemed unnecessary to give them 
here, o-wing to constant repetitions of the same firm- 
names. 

The moderate purchaser is advised as a matter of 
economy in freight, and to insure the best prices, that 
his orders should not be divided up among too many 
growers. 

Artichoke. 
Buy Large Globe Artichoke for America. 
Procure in Europe. The European firms in the 
alphabetical list generally can supply. 

Two of the most prominent houses are specially 
named. 

Dippe Bros. 

Yilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 
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THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 21 

Asparagus. 

Seed is usually obtainable cheaper in America. Eur- 
ope also supplies reliable seed. Two prominent houses 
are named in that quarter. 

Allen, C. L., & Co. 

Brill, Francis. 

Jannette Bros. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Asparagus Roots. 

Usually some nurseryman in the immediate vicinity 
of every town of any importance is able to supply 
Asparagus roots. These two growers, however, are 
named, correspondence with whom will give informa- 
tion as to growers 1 prices. 

Collins, A. J. 

Ridgeway, Isaac. 

Beans. 

For dealers located in the East, the East is, owing 
to its advantage in freight rates, the best general source, 
particularly for Bush varieties. Limas, both Pole and 
Bush, should be procured in California. There they 
are grown more cheaply than in the East, and for seed 
purposes California Limas are just as reliable as any 
grown in the East, in fact more so. That section is now 
depended on entirely for Limas by the seed trade. It 
is also a good quarter for other pole varieties. 

Advice is to write about Jan. 15th for best prices to 



22 the seedsman's assistant. 

all the firms named, and make your contracts as early 
as possible after that time. 

Eastern Growers. 

*Allen, J. H., Seed Co. 
*Dana, J. C, & Co. 
*Dennison, W. A. 
*Falk & Buchan. 
*Green, W. F. 
*Grenell, W. H. 
*Hume, John. 
*Keeney 3 N. B., & Son. 
*McMorran-Gray Co. 
^Rogers Bros. 
*Squires, J. H. 
*Swan, N. D. 
*Tousley, J. P. 
*Wather, Wm. 
*Wilcox, H. W. 

California Growers. 

*Barnard, Frank E. 
Baer, Charles. 
Blodgett, V. E. 
*Bodger, John, & Sons. 
Ellery, H. E. 
Franklin, C. B. 
*Fish, Henry. 
Gould, Thomas. 
Ford, Chas., Co. 
Hanson, Jos. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 23 

Kelsey, Jos. B. 

Johnson, L. N. 

*Routzahn Seed Co. 

*Santa Paula Commercial Co. 

Shaft, Wm. 

Southern Pacific Millg. Co. 

All marked with * are leaders. 

Beet. 

Purchase both table and field sorts in Europe. 
All the best seed houses in America buy in Europe; 
California seed is not advised. 

E. H. Morrison, Fairfield, Washington, is a new 
grower who is having some success in growing Beet; 
has one of Vilmorin's men as manager; would advise 
giving him small trial order if he meets European 
quotations. 

Get quotations from all firms named. 
It takes two years to produce a crop; contract should 
be placed in Europe between July 1st and Sept. 1st. 
European Growers, 
Carter, James, Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Dippe Bros. 
Hurst & Son. 
Mette, Henry. 
Nutting & Sons. 
Sachs, David. 
Sluis & Groot. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 



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American Growers. 

Bodger, John, & Sons. 
Hall, John M. 
Morrison, E. H. 
Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 

Broccoli— Brussels Sprouts. 

Purchase in Europe; make contract between July 
1st and September 1st. The following prominent grow- 
ers are specially named: 

Carter, James, Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Hurst & Son. 

Mette, Henry. 

Sachs, David. 

Sluis & Groot, 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Cabbage. 

Long Island is the main source in America and there 
is no better source. An extensive Eastern house, how- 
ever, has been procuring its stocks from growers in the 
State of Washington; seed grown in that quarter is equal 
to Long Island; name of one grower there is given. 

European stocks of the following are reliable and do 
perfectly well in America, and owing to cheaper prices, 
are usually purchased by some of the larger houses and 
sold as American seed, viz. : Etampes, Early York, 
Early Spring, Early Drumhead, Early Flat Dutch, 



ASSISTANT. 25 

Early Winnigstadt, Red Dutch, Green Curled and 
Drumhead Savoy. 

Contract in America by April 1st; in Europe between 
July 1st and Sept. 1st. 

American Growers. 

Allen, C. A. 
Anthony, H. C. 
Brill, Francis. 
Goodale, B. E. 
Lupton, J. M. 
March, H. A. 
Woodhull, Z. M. 

European Growers. 

Benary, Ernst. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Hjalmar, Hartman & Co. 

Pederson, J. 

Sachs, David. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Carrot. 

European seed is without superior and is preferred 
by the best houses; in recent years California has been 
moving to the front. That State should produce seed 
equal to European; with additional experience and 
favorable prices, its growers will ultimately secure the 
trade with which Europe is now favored. 



26 

Connecticut and Rhode Island stocks are first class, 
but have cost more to grow than elsewhere. 

Contract in America should be made between De- 
cember 1st and March 1st; in Europe between July 1st 
and September 1st; it is advisable to correspond with 
every house named and get in touch with them all re- 
garding prices. 

American Growers. 

Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 
Anthony, H. C. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Clark, A. N. 
Clark, E. B., & Sons. 
Comstock, Ferre & Co. 
Cox Seed Co. 

Kimberlin, J. M., & Sons. 
Merwin, Marcus. 
Merwin, W. S. & S. T. 
Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 

European Growers. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Dippe Bros. 
Hurst & Son. 
Jensch, Gustav, & Co. 
Mette, Henry. 
Nutting & Sons. 
Peignaux & Lorain. 



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Sachs, David. 
Sluis & Groot. 
Spittell, Friederick. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Cauliflower. 

Northern Europe is the best source. In America, 
March, in the State of Washington, supplies seed that 
is affirmed to be equal to European. 

Benary, Ernst. 

Dippe Bros. 

Hansen, A. 

Hjalmar, Hartman & Co. 

March, H. A. 

Pederson, J. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Celery. 

Purchase all sorts in California, excepting Paris Golden 
Yellow Self-Blanching, which it is advised to procure 
from Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. This is the variety 
that is being grown extensively in the famous Celery 
sections of California and Florida, the product of which 
commands the best prices in the market; it is V. A. & 
Co.'s seed that is being sold at a high figure by repu- 
table American seed firms. 

Contract at same time as for Carrot. 

Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 

Braslan Seed Growers Co. 

Kimberlin, J. M., & Sons. 



28 the seedsman's assistant. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 
Wilcox, Frank T. 

Chervil; Chicory. 

Same advice and sources as for Broccoli, to which 
refer. 

Collards. 

Georgia-grown seed is always to be preferred. Con- 
tract between January 1st and March 1st. 
Alexander Seed Co. 
Jones, H. P. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 
Willett, N. L., Drug Co. 

Corn (Sugar & Field). 

Nebraska grows A 1 seed corn, but crops in that State 
were exceedingly short in 1902 and 1903, due to un- 
favorable weather. 

Connecticut seed corn has no superior. 

Get prices from all named. Contract by April 1st. 

Anthony, H. C. 

Berry, A. A., Seed Co. 

Clark, A. N. 

Clark, C. S. 

Clark, E. B., & Sons. 

Comstock, Ferre & Co. 

Coy, C. P., &Son. 

Griswold, Thos., & Co. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 29 

Hart, Wells & Co. 

Merwin, Marcus. 

Merwin, W. S. & S. T. 

Robinson, J. C. 

Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 

Woodruff, F. EL, & Sons. 

Woodruff, S. N., & Sons. 

Corn Salad. 

Purchase in Europe; other growers than the follow- 
ing are able to supply, but England and Holland take 
the lead as the best sources. 

Contract between July 1st and September 1st. 
Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Sluis & Groot. 

Oress. 
Other European Houses than the following prominent 
firms are able to supply. Contract between July 1st 
and September 1st. 

There is no reason why California should not grow 
Cress successfully, as it seems to revel in that climate; 
recently the Braslan Seed Growers Co., San Jose, Cal., 
have been growing it. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Sluis & Groot. 

Cucumber. 
Nebraska grows A 1 Cucumber and has heretofore 
been favored with the trade of the larger Houses; but 



30 

crops in 1902 and 1903 were almost total failures, due 
to ravages of lice. The tendency since is, therefore, for 
a while at least, to divert contracts to other sources. 
Names of growers are given, located in Colorado, Con- 
necticut, Michigan and New Jersey. 

As Cucumber seed is good running six to eight years 
old (older seed is more fruitful than one year old), it 
is advisable in 1904 to contract for a sufficient supply 
to last for several years, until the prevailing scarcity in 
the market is overcome. Get prices from all named. 
Contract by April 1st. 

Bishop, W. R., &Co. 

Bowell, F. M. 

Berry, A. A. , Seed Co. 

Burrell, D. V. 

Clark, A. N. 

Clark, E. B., & Son. 

Comstock, Ferre & Co. 

Coy, C. P., &Son. 

James, R. H. 

Ladd Seed Co. 

Paxson, J. D. 

Robinson, J. C. 

Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 

Woodruff, F. H., & Sons. 

Woodruff, S. N., & Sons. 

Egg Plant. 

Russ, who is named, has a first-class reputation; 
grows for the best New York, Philadelphia and Balti- 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 31 

more houses ; makes a specialty of the Spineless Large 
New York Purple. Make your contract about April 1st. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co.. 

Pedrick, Geo. R. 

Russ, Howard A. 

Endive. 

Procure in California; make contract by March 1st. 
Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 
Bodger, John, & Sons. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Fosgate, W. J. 
Kimberlin, J. M. , & Sons. 
Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Parker, Chas. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 



Wilcox, F. T. 



Kale. 



European stocks are without superior. Get quota- 
tions from all named, before making contract, which 
should be done in America by April 1st; in Europe 
between June 1st and September 1st. 

Allen, C. L. 

Carter, Jas. , Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Hurst & Son. 

Sluis & Groot. 



32 the seedsman's assistant. 

Kohl Eabi. 

Procure in Europe; other European houses than the 
following prominent ones named, can also furnish. 
Contract between July 1st and September 1st. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Mette, Henry. 

Sachs, David. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Leek. 

Contract should be made in America by March 1st, 
in Europe between June 1st and September 1st. 

Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 

Bodger, John, & Sons. 

Braslan Seed Growers Co. 

Fosgate, W. J. 

Kimberlin, J. M., & Sons. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 

Parker, Chas. 

Routzahn Seed Co. 

Wilcox, F. T. 

Lettuce. 
Procure in California, which State also grows for 
Europe. Make contract by March 1st, having secured 
quotations beforehand from all growers named. 

Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 33 

Bodger, John, & Sons. 

Braslan Seed Growers Co. 

Fosgate, W. J. 

Kimberlin, J. M. , & Sons. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 

Parker, Chas. 

Rohnert, Waldo. 

Routzahn Seed Co. 

Wilcox, F. T. 

Melon (Musk). 
Nebraska crops, on which the trade has mainly de- 
pended, were exceedingly short in 1902 and 1903. 
Secure quotations from each firm named, and make 
contract by April 1st. 

Berry, A. A., Seed Co. 

Bishop, W. R., &Co. 

Burrell, D. V. 

Coy, C. P., &Son. 

Girardeau, W. N. 

James, R. H. 

Pedrick, Geo, R. 

Robinson, J. C. 

Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 

Wilcox, Alvin C. 

Melon (Water). 

Inasmuch as Nebraska crops turned out short in 
1902 and 1903, Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa are 
recommended as other sources in the West. Contract 
by April 1st. 



34 the seedsman's assistant. 

Berry, A. A., Seed Co. 

Corry, J. C. 

Coy, C. P., &Son. 

Farmer, A. A. 

Gates, J. , & Chas. 

Gilbert, D. H. 

Girardeau, W. M. 

Pedrick, Geo. R. 

Robinson, J. C. 

Tucker, H. V. 

Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 

Wright, C. R. 

Mustard. 

For American varieties, our own country is best 
source. 

Alexander Seed Co. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Jones, H. P. 

Kimberlin, J. M. , & Son. 
Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Willett, N. L., Drug Co. 

Okra. 

Helm & Co. are the largest growers in the South. 
Perkins is the originator of Perkins' Okra. Contract 
should be placed by April 1st. 
Alexander Seed Co. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 35 

Bishop, W. R, &Co. 
Frith & Co. 
Helm, T. W., & Co. 
Perkins, Mitchell B. 
Willett, N. L., Drug Co. 



Onion. 

American Varieties. Nothing is better than California 
seed, which section is the cheapest source of supply. 

Bermuda. Procure from Teneriffe Island. California 
seed is not advised. Wildpret Bros, are first hands; 
Albert Shenkel also furnishes at reasonable prices ; 
obtains supplies from his own growers on Teneriffe 
Island. Write both parties by Feb. 15th. 

Early White Queen, Silver King, Giant Rocca, Red and 
White Tripoli. Use only European seed, as California 
stocks are not advised; French and German houses are 
recommended. 

Bloomsdale Early Pearl is simply a synonym for Early 
White Queen purchased under latter title from Vil- 
morin, Andrieux & Co. 

Creole Onion. Purchase from Edgar Robichaux. 

Contract in Europe between July 1st and Sept. 1st ; 
in America by March 1st. 

American Growers. 

Agnew, H. C, & J. B. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Chin-Ah-Coon Seed Growing Co. 
Cox Seed Co. 



36 the seedsman's assistant. 

Fosgate, W. J. 
Henry, John. 
Kimberlin, J. M., & Son. 
Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Parker, Chas. 
Robichaux, Edgar. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 
Wilcox, F. T. 

European Growers. 

Damman & Co. 
Dippe Bros. 
Shenkel, Albert. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 
Wildpret Bros. 

Parsley. 

European stocks are without superior; recently Cali- 
fornia has entered the field. Contract in California by 
March 1st; in Europe between July 1st and Sept. 1st, 
having secured quotations in advance from all firms 
named. 

Braslan Seed Growers Co. 

Carter, Jas. , Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 

Sachs, David. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co* 



37 

Parsnip. 

European stocks are as reliable as any and have been 
procurable at cheaper prices than American growth. 
Purchase from that firm whose prices are most favor- 
able. Contract in California by March 1st, in Con- 
necticut by April 1st, in Europe between July 1st and 
September 1st. 

Anthony, H. C. 

Braslan Seed Growers Co. 

Clark, E. B., & Sons. 

Comstock, Ferre & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Morrison, E. H. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 

Sachs, David. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Woodruff & Sons. 

Peas (Table Varieties). 

Owing to its advantage in freight rates, the East is 
the best source for Eastern dealers, though it is advis- 
able to obtain quotations from the Pacific coast and 
keep posted regarding prices in that quarter; Pacific 
coast stocks are free from bugs. Contract in the East by 
March 1st; in California by February 1st. 

Allen, J. H., Seed Co. 

Baer, Charles. 

Dana, J. C, & Co. 

Dennison, W. A. 

Falk & Buchan. 



38 the seedsman's assistant. 

Green, W. F. 
Hall, John M. 
Hodge, Frank. 
Keeney, N. B., & Son. 
McMorran-Gray Co. 
Morrison, E. H. 
Rogers Bros. 
Squiers, J. H. 
Swan, N. D. 
Tousley, J. M. 
Wather, Wm. 
Wilcox, H. W. 
Williams, F. 

Peas (Field). 

Sometimes all the Eastern Pea growers are in posi- 
tion to offer Canada Field Peas cheaply. 
Courteen, S. G. 
Delvondie, E. F. 
Dickinson^ Albert, Seed Co. 
English, J. F., & Co. 
Evans Seed Co. 
Hume, John, 
Portland Seed Co. 
Rogers Bros. 
Tewelles, L., & Co. 

Pepper. 

Bodger and Pedrick grow for quite a number of the 
larger Eastern houses. Secure quotations from all 
named. Contract by March 1st. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 39 

Bodger, John, & Son. 
Dippe Bros. 
Pedrick, Geo. R. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Pumpkin. 

Make contract by April 1st. 
Burrell, D. V. 
Clark, E. B., & Sons. 
Comstock, Ferre & Co. 
Coy, C. P., &Son. 
Cummins, D. 
Robinson, J. C. 
Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 

Radish. 

European Radish is A 1 ; its growers are experienced 
and careful; all houses named in that quarter are 
recommended. 

California seed has been giving satisfaction, and the 
same remarks that have been made on page 26 in regard 
to California Carrot will also apply to Radish. 

Contract in America by March 1st; in Europe between 
July 1st and September 1st; get quotations in advance 
from all parties. 

American Growers. 

Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Fosgate, W. J. 
Haven Seed Co. 



40 THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 

Morse, C. C., & Co. 
Morrison, E. H. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 

European Growers. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Houdry, Fils. 

Hurst & Son. 

Jensch, Gustav & Co. 

Mette, Henry. 

Nutting & Sons. 

Peignaux & Lorain. 

Roberts & Holder. 

Sachs, David. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Spittel, Friederick. 

Rape. 

England is the best source of supply. Make con- 
tract between July 1st and September 1st. 
Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Dickinson, Albert, Seed Co. 
Wherry, W. K, & Co. 

Salsify. 

Procure in California, making contract by March 1st. 
Bodger, John, & Sons. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Kimberlin, J. M. , & Sons. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 41 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 

Scorzonera. 

Other European houses in the alphabetical list than 
the following named are also able to supply. Make 
contract between July 1st and September 1st. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Spinach. 

Owing to cheapness and reliability of seed, Europe 
is the main and best source of supply. In case of 
large orders, the following named are particularly 
advised. Make contract between July 1st and Septem- 
ber 1st. 

Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Sluis & Groot. 

Squash. 

Make contract by April 1st, having obtained quota- 
tions from all in advance. 
Baer, Chas. 

Berry, A. A., Seed Co. 
Burrell, D. B. 
Coy, C. P., & Son. 
Ladd Seed Co. 
Paxson, J. V. 
Robinson, J. C. 
Western Seed & Irrigation Co. 



42 

Tomato. 

The Tomato grows in luxuriance in California, and in 
some parts, all the year round; the crop is more certain 
there than in the East. The Bodgers grew nearly 20,- 
000 lbs. in 1903, mostly for the larger Eastern houses. 
Contract in California by March 1st ; in the East by 
April 1st. 

Bodger, John, & Sons. 

Boggs, Caleb, & Son. 

Haven Seed Co. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 

Pedrick, Geo. R. 

Wilcox. Alvin C. 

Turnip. 

In England, the Turnip thrives in all its effulgence 
and glory and seed from that source is reliable; in fact, 
it is an open secret that the greater portion of the 
Turnip seed which has been sold for years in America 
as American growth has come from England. It may 
be said that some of the larger establishments sell noth- 
ing else. The most prominent growers in England are: 
Carter, Cooper and Hurst. 

Prices which have prevailed latterly in Europe, have 
ruled from 8 to 8J- cents per pound. Until America 
shall compete with Europe in price as well as with 
quality, the latter may expect to be favored with the 
trade for Turnip and a number of other varieties. 

Two seasons are required to mature a crop of seed in 
Europe; contract should be placed there between July 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 43 

1st and September 1st. Delivery would be made in 
fall or winter of the following year. 

Write American firms by March 1st for quotations for 
new crop. 

For Seven Top Turnip write Jones in this country. 
American Growers. 
Allen, C. L. 
Anthony, H. C. 
Clark, E. B., & Sons. 
Comstock, Ferre & Co. 
Jones, H. P. 
Morrison, E. H. 
Parsons, E. B. 

European Growers. 

- Carter, Jas., Dunnett & Beale. 
Cooper, Taber & Co. 
Houdry, Fils. 
Hurst & Son. 
Peignaux & Lorain. 
Roberts & Holder. 
Sachs, David. 
Sluis & Groot. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 



Flower Seed— Miscellaneous. 

The German Seedsmen have the best reputation in 
the world for Flower Seeds. Compare their prices for 
common varieties with California, and in cases where 
prices are about the same it is advisable to give Cali- 



44 the seedsman's assistant. 

fornia the preference; but, it is recommended, always 
to buy the choicer kinds in Germany or France. 
There is no duty on Flower Seeds coming from Europe. 
Make contract by March 1st in America; between 
July 1st and Sept. 1st in Europe. 

Benary, Ernst. 

Bodger, John, & Son. 

Cooper, Taber & Co. 

Dippe Bros. 

Haage & Schmidt. 

Morse, C. C, & Co. 

Routzahn Seed Co. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Flower Seeds.— Specialties. 

California is headquarters for the entire seed trade for 
Sweet Peas, which have been grown there as low as 7J 
cents per pound. Make contract by March 1st. 

Nasturium. 
Cullen, Thos. 
Davy. 

Dippe Bros. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 

Pansy. 
Benary, Ernst. 
Dippe Bros. 
Haage & Schmidt. 
Roemer, Fred. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 45 

Sweet Peas. 
Agnew, H. C. & J. B. 
Bodger, John, & Sons. 
Braslan Seed Growers Co. 
Kimberlin, J. M., & Son. 
Morse, C. C, & Co. 
Rohnert, Waldo. 
Routzahn Seed Co. 



FIRST CLASS SOUECES FOE, ALFALFA, BLUE GEASS, 

EYE AND FESCUE GEASSES, SUNFLOWEE, 

VETCHES, WHITE CLOVEE, BULBS, 

ILLUSTEATED SEED BAGS, 

ETC., ETC. 

Alfalfa. 

Beatty Mercantile Co. 
Blackmail & Griffin. 
McNeen, James. 
Smurthwaite, C. A., Produce Co. 

Berseem or Egyptian Clover. 

Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 

Blue Grass. 

Dickinson, Albert, Seed Co. 
McCullough, J. M., Sons. 
Peppard, J. G. 
Spears, E. F., Sons. 
Taylor, G. M. 

Dealers in Electros, Vegetables and Flowers, for 
Catalogue Illustration. 

Blanc, A., Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Bryant, J. M., 706 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
McFarland, J. Horace, Co., Harrisburg, Pa. 
Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. 
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THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 47 

Manufacturers of Seed Bags— Illustrated and Plain. 

Cincinnati Bag Co. 
Clark Bros. 
Finch, F. 
Gair, Robert. 
Glecner & Faust. 
Karle Lithographing Co. 
Niagara Lithographing Co. 
Spangler, E. J. , & Co. 
Stecher Lithographing Co. 
Vredenburg & Co. 
Wall, H. M., Litho. Co. 
Young, Willis G. 

Rye and Fescue Grasses. 
Allen, R., & Son. 
Busquers, Wm. E., & Co. 
Nunguesser, Henry. 

Sunflower, 
Connell, H. H. 
Courteen, S. G. 
Dickinson, Albert, Seed Co. 
Tewelles, L., & Co. 

Tobacco. 

First of the following named grows general line of 
seed of all the American varieties. 

Sagarniroya is recommended for pure Cuba or 
Havana Tobacco seed. 
Ragland, R. L. 
Sagarniroya, Jose. 



48 the seedsman's assistant. 

Vetches. 

Vetches are being grown extensively and cheaply in 
Oregon. 

Any of the English Houses in Europe. 
Portland Seed Co. 

White Clover. 

Courteen, S. G. 
Dickinson, Albert, Seed Co. 
McCullough's, J. M., Sons. 
Tewelles, L., & Co. 
Whitney, Eckstein & Co. 

Sundries. 

Andrews, D. M. , Boulder, Col. ; Rare seeds. 

Barr & Sons, 11-13 King St., Covent Garden, London, 

Eng. ; Sundries. 
Box, John R. , West Wickham, Kent, Eng. ; Begonias. 
Bull, Wm., & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, London, 

S. W., Eng.; Sundries. 
Burbank, Luther, Santa Rosa, Cal. ; Shasta Daisy. 
California Carnation Co., Loomis, Cal.; Calla Bulbs. 
Carter, C. J., & Son, Wallace, N. C. ; Caladiums, 

Tuberose Bulbs. 
Cowee, Arthur, Berlin, N. Y. ; Gladiolus Specialist. 
Croom, J. F., & Bro., Magnolia, N. C; Tuberose Bulbs. 
Cushman Gladiolus Co., Sylvania, O. 
Degraff Bros., Leiden, Holland; Hyacinths, Tulips, 

Bulbs, etc. 
Egger, Geo., Jaffa, Palestine; Bulbs* 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 49 

Eldering, W. J., & Son, Overveen, Harlem, Holland; 

Hyacinths, etc. 
Frith, Chas. A. V., Hamilton, Bermuda; Lilium 

Harrissi Bulbs. 
Furrow Bros., Guthrie, Okla., Canna Bulbs. 
Germain Seed Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ; Calla, Freesia 

Bulbs. 
Griffing Bros. Co. , Jacksonville, Fla. ; Canna Bulbs. 
Grim, E. A., & Co., Hamburg, Germany; Sundries. 
Groves, J. H., & Son, Magnolia, N. C. ; Tuberose 

Bulbs. 
Grullemans, J. J., & Son, Lisse, Holland; Hyacinths, 

etc., Bulbs. 
Harrison & Son, Leicester, Eng. ; Sundries. 
Hasslach & Roumanville, St. Remy de Provence, 

France; Sundries. 
Heinehian, F. C, Erfurt, Germany; Sundries. 
Herb, M., Naples, Italy; Sundries. 
Hillebrand, Uberto, Pallanza, Italy; Sundries. 
Hubert & Co. , Guernsey, Channel Is. , Eng. ; Daffodil 

Bulbs. 
Johnson, W. W., & Sons, limited, Boston, Eng.; 

Sundries. 
Kennell, John Fay, Box 405, Rochester, N. Y. ; 

Gladiolus Bulbs. 
Lecoq, A., & Co., Darmstadt, Germany; Grasses, 

Forest Tree Seeds. 
Little & Ballantyne, . Carlisle, Eng.; Sundries. 
Loomis Floral Co., Loomis, Cal.; Shasta Daisy Seed. 
Newbury, H. E. Co., Magnolia, N. C. ; Tuberose Bulbs, 



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Orcutt Seed & Plant Co., San Diego, Cal. ;. Bulbs. 

Pape & Bernmann, Quedlinburg, Germany; Sundries. 

Peacock, W. P. , Atco, N. J. ; Dahlia Roots. 

Rees & Gompere, R. F. D. No. 1, Long Beach, Cal. ; 
Bulbs. 

Speelman, C. J., Sons, Sassenheim, Holland; Hya- 
cinths, Etc., Bulbs. 

Stallknecht & Meyer, Copenhagen, Denmark; Sundries. 

Stanley, Ashton & Co. , South Gate, London, N. , Eng. ; 
Sundries. 

Surrey Seed Co., Ltd., Red Hill, Eng., Sundries. 

Sutton & Sons, Reading, Eng. ; Sundries. 

Suzuki & Iida, 31 Barclay St., New York; Japanese 
Seeds and Bulbs. 

The General Bulb Co., Vogelenzung, Holland; Hya- 
cinths, Etc. 

The Munson & Co. , New Haven, Conn. ; Sundries. 

Van Waveren, L. & Co. , Hillegom, Holland ; Hya- 
cinth, Tulip Bulbs. 

Watkins, S. L., Fair Oaks, Cal.; Bulbs. 

Watkins, W. G., Placerville, Cal.; Bulbs. 

Watkins & Simpson, 12 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, 
London, Eng. ; Sundries. 

West, Geo. W., Shelly Bay, Bermuda; Lilium Harrissi 
Bulbs. 

Wright, W. G., San Bernardino, Cal.; California 
Native Seeds. 

Zippe, H., & Co., Lisse, Holland; Bulbs. 



VITALITY OF SEEDS. 

The natural law seems to be that all seeds retain their 
vitality for, at least, two or three years. The safer 
plan for the dealer, however, with seeds carried over 
from one season to another, is to follow the rule of the 
best conducted Seed Houses, that is, to test all such 
stocks at a set period, just before the next selling season, 
taking care to preserve for reference, a proper record of 
same. In truth, the best course is to test all seeds as 
soon as received in store, from whatever source, so as 
to confirm their vitality. 

In the majority of cases, fresh seeds give the best 
results, that is when it is desired to produce plants with 
a strong leaf growth. Naturally, plants from perfectly 
fresh seeds, possess greater vigor, but for plants that 
it is desired should head, fruit or bulb well, like Cab- 
bage, Lettuce, Cucumber, Melon, Pumpkin, Beet, 
Carrot, Radish, and Turnip, it is preferable to use 
seeds two or three years old. This applies as well to 
flowers; seeds two years old tend to produce more 
double flowers than fresh seeds. 

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GROWERS' PRICES. 

The following list of Seed Growers' contract prices 
is presented for the purpose of showing the average 
prices which have prevailed among Growers during 
the past several years. They are not in all cases the 
minimum prices which were given for extremely large 
orders, but are the actual figures at which contracts 
were made for moderate orders for seeds of the best 
quality. At date of publication, complete data for crop 
1903 is the latest at hand, but it may be confidently 
stated that the same prices have ruled again generally 
for crop 1904, the notable exceptions being Beans and 
Peas, contract prices of which for 1904 being a trifle 
lower than they were in 1903. 

(Inclusive of duties, in case of importation. ) 

Per Pound. 

Asparagus $0.10 

Beet. Egyptian, Eclipse, Blood Turnip, Long Blood, etc. .13 

Sugar, different varieties 05£ 

Mangel Wurtzel, Mammoth Long Red 05 

Mangel Wurtzel, Golden Globe 05| 

Mangel Wurtzel, Red Globe 06f 

Mangel Wurtzel, Golden Tankard 06 

Brussels Sprouts 45 

Cabbage. Etampes, Early Spring, Early and Large York, 
Ulm Savoy, Early Flat Dutch, Early Winnigstadt, Early 
Drumhead, Summer Flat Head 40 

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53 

Per Pound. 
Select Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield. .40 to .50 
All Head, All Seasons, Succession, Autumn King, Danish 
Ball Head, Green Glazed, Surehead, Premium Large 
Late Flat Dutch, Large Late Drumhead, Drumhead 

Savoy, Ked Dutch, etc.* 40 to .45 

Carrot. Oxhart, Early Horn, Danvers, Long Orange, 

etc 16 to .20 

White Belgian. 12 to .14 

Cauliflower. Extra Early Snow Ball 13.00 

Selected Extra Early Erfurt 11.00 

Extra Early Paris 2.25 

Large Algiers 2.50 

Autumn Giant 1 . 00 

Celery. Giant White and Dwarf White 25 

Henderson White Plume 35 to .40 

Half Dwarf, Golden Heart, Giant Pascal ., ...25 to .30 

Golden Self-Blanching, best French 70 

Golden Self-Blanching , best American 55 

Collarda- Best Georgia 25 to .28 

Corn Salad 16 

Cress. Curled 06£ 

Plain 06J 

Cucumber. Different varieties 20 

Egg Plant. Improved New York Purple (Spineless). 

$1.00 to 1.25 

Kale . Dwarf German Greens , Tall Curled Scotch 25 

KoMRabi. White Vienna 52 

Purple Vienna 70 

Leek. London Summer 25 

Large Musselburgh 35 

Lettuce. All different varieties .16 to .18 

Melon, Musk. All different varieties 20 to .22 



54 the seedsman's assistant. 

Per Pound. 
Melon, Water. All different varieties 12 

Mustard. Black and White 05 

Giant Southern Curled 13 to .15 

Okra. All different varieties 10 

Onion. Italian Queen 65 

Bloomsdale Pearl, genuine , 65 

White Portugal, Southport White Globe 65 

Yellow Flat Dan vers , Yellow Strasburg 35 

Yellow Globe Dan vers, Large Red Wethersfield 40 

Eed and White Bermuda 1.25 

Onion Sets. Bloomsdale Pearl 06 

Parsley. Plain 10 

Finest Double Curled, Moss Curled 13 

Parsnip. Improved Hollow Crown 08£ 

Round 09 

Pepper. Sweet Spanish, Bull Nose 50 

Ruby King 60 

Radish. All different varieties 10£ to .12 

Salsify. Mammoth Sandwich Island 26 to .30 

Spinach. All different varieties 05 to .06 

Squash. Early Bush, Summer Crookneck 17 

Hubbard, Boston Marrow 25 

Tomato. Stone, Beauty, Acme, Perfection, Atlantic Prize, 

etc 50 

Dwarf Champion 70 

Spark's Earliana 75 

Turnip. Red Top Strap-leaved, Flat and Globe, Early 
Flat Dutch, White Globe, White Egg, Yellow Aber- 
deen 11 

Improved Purple Top Yellow Rutabaga 10£ 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 55 

Per Bushel. 
Beans. Dwarf Snaps, Green Pod, Ked Valentine, ete. 

$2.25 to |2.50 

Dwarf Snaps, Wax Pods, Golden Wax, etc 2.60 to 3.00 

Bush Lima; Burpee, Henderson 2.40 

Bush Lima, Dreer's 2.50 

Pole; Kentucky Wonder, Creaseback, Southern Prolific, 

Large White Lima 2.00 

Carolina or Sewee 2.40 

Corn, Sweet. Early Minnesota, Black Mexican 1.15 

Cory, Crosby 1.15 

Stowell's Evergreen 1.00 

Country Gentleman 1.30 

Extra Early Adams 90 

Corn, Field. Golden Beauty, Hickory King, Chester Co., 

Mammoth, Learning, etc 50 

Peas. Extra Early sorts, Anybody's, with or without 

seal 2.50 to 3.00 

Little Gem, American Wonder, Everbearing, Champion, 
etc 1.50 to 4.00 

Flower Seeds. 

Prices in California. Per Pound. 

Asters. Giant Comet, separate colors $3.50 

Branching, separate colors 3.00 

Balsam. Separate colors 2.00 

Calendula. Separate colors ,, 30 

Centaurea Cyanus , 35 

Cosmos. Giant, separate colors 50 

Delphinium (Larkspur) 40 

Eschscholtzia. The Golden West 75 

Hollyhock. Allegheny, extra select 4.00 

Marigold. Eldorado 75 



56 the seedsman's assistant. 

Per Pound. 

Mignonette. (Reseda odorata) 18 

Nasturtium . Dwarf Tom Thumb , separate colors 30 

Tall, separate colors, Lobbianum 28 

Pansy. Different sorts $4.00 to 6.00 

Petunia. Striped and blotched 8.00 

Per Ounce. 

Ruffled Giants $8.00 

Per Pound. 

Phlox Druinmondii. NanaCompacta $7.00 

Poppy. Double White, Cardinal 50 

Shirley, Tulip 75 

Stocks. Ten Weeks 3.00 

Sunflower. Chrysanthemum Flowered 35 

Sweet Peas. Best named kinds 8 to .10 

Verbena Eybrida - 5.00 

Zinnia. Curled and Crested 1.50 



LIST OF SYNONYMS OF FAMILIARLY KNOWN 
VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES, ESTAB- 
LISHED FROM EXPERIMENTS AND 
INVESTIGATIONS MADE IN 
TRIAL GROUNDS. 



Generic Name. 

Asparagus — 



Recognized Specific Name 
Conover's Colossal. 



Beans, Bush- 



Brown Valentine. 
n a 

Brown Six Weeks. 



American Extra Early 

Green Pod. 
Davis Wax. 
Dwarf German Black 

Wax. 

« u 

Crystal White Wax. 

Detroit Wax. 
Dwarf Horticultural. 



Synonyms. 
Barr's Mammoth. 
Conover's Giant. 
California Mammoth, 
Donald's Elmira. 
Giant Argenteuil. 
Kefugee. 

Thousand to One. 
Early Mohawk. 
Mohawk. 
Ne Plus Ultra. 

Ventura Wonder. 
Butter Wax. 

Cylinder Pod. 
Ancient American. 
Cabbage Wax. 
Maule's Butter Wax. 
Dwarf Cherry. 
Dwarf Cranberry. 
Dwarf Marblehead. 
Dwarf Wren's Egg. 
Quail Head. 



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58 



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Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 
Beans, Bush, Con. Dwarf Horticultural. 

a a 

Emperor William. 



Ferry' s Challenger 

Black Wax. 
Goddard' s Improved 

Dwarf Horticultural. 



Golden Wax. 
it it 

Golden Wax, long, 
round, sickle shape. 
Green Flageolet. 

Mexican Tree. 

it n 



Ked Flageolet Wax. 

tt a 

Ked Kidney. 
Red Valentine. 

it a 

a it 

Triumph of France. 
White Kidney. 

a n 



Synonyms. 
Scipio Dwarf. 
Speckled Cranberry. 
Dwarf Dutch Case 

Knife. 
First in Market. 
Low's Champion. 
White Scimeter. 
Thorburn' s Butter Wax. 

Boston Favorite. 

Improved Yellow Eye. 
Eed Podded Dwarf 

Horticultural. 
Perfection Wax. 
Eust-Proof Golden 

Wax. 
Bismarck. 

Wonder of France. 

Cala. 

California Tree. 

Prolific Tree. 

Vineless Marrow. 

Crimson Flageolet Wax. 

Landreths' Scarlet Wax. 

Chilian. 

Extra Early Eed 

Valentine. 
Extra Early Eound Pod 

Valentine. 
Eed Marrow. 
Paris Canner. 
Improved Eoyal Dwarf. 
Eoyal Dwarf. 



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59 



Generic Name. 


Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 


Beans, Bush, Con, 


. White Kidney. 


Large White Kidney. 




<< << 


Stanton. 




White Marrow. 


Large White Dwarf 
Cranberry. 




n a 


Mountain. 




<« <( 


Succotash. 




a a 


Large White Marrow. 




White Navy. 


Boston Pea. 




u 


Early Marrow. 




<< 


Improved Navy. 




«< 


Snowflake. 




Yellow Six Weeks, 


Newtown. 




long. 






u a 


Rob Roy. 




Yellow Six Weeks, 


Yellow Cranberry. 




round. 






Burpee's Bush Lima. 


Dwarf Large White 
Lima. 




Dwarf Small White 


Henderson's Bush 




Lima. 


Lima. 




<< << 


Dwarf Carolina. 




U (< 


Dwarf Sieva. 




(< (( 


Jackson Wonder. 




Kumerle Dwarf Lima 


. Dreer's Bush Lima. 




a a 


Dwarf Potato Lima. 




a ' a 


Thorburn' s Bush Lima. 


Beans, Pole 


. . Creaseback. 


Fat Horse. 




u 


Lazy Wife. 




u 


Mobile. 




Golden Butter Pole. 


Golden Cluster Wax. 




<< << 


Mont d' Or Wax. 




Horticultural Pole. 


Housewives' Delight. 




(C u 


Red-Speckled C r a n 
berry. 




u tc 


Scipio Pole. 



60 



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Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 
Beans, Pole, Con. Horticultural Pole. 
Kentucky Wonder. 



Mammoth Podded 
Horticultural. 



Large White Lima. 



Improved White Lima, 



Small White Lima. 



Tall German Black 
Wax. 



Yard Long. 



Ked Speckled Cut 
Short. 



Synonyms. 
Wren's Egg. 
Monstrous Podded 

Southern Prolific. 
Old Homestead. 
Seek No Further. 
Texas Prolific. 
Wood' s Improved 

Southern Prolific. 
Hampden. 

King Horticultural. 

Mugwump. 

Worcester. 

Butter. 

Early Jersey Lima. 

King of the Garden. 

Jersey Lima. 

Challenger. 

Dreei^ s Improved Lima. 

Potato Lima. 

Carolina. 

Sewee. 

Sieva. 

Black Algerian Wax. 

Black Butter Pole. 
Indian Chief, 
Asparagus. 
Cuban Asparagus. 
French Asparagus. 
Snake. 
Corn Field. 

Corn Hill. 



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Generic Name. 


Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 


Beet— Table 






Sorts 


• • Bassano. 


Extra Early Turnip. 




Bastian' s Turnip. 


Philadelphia Early 
Turnip. 




u u 


Simon's. 




Dark Blood Turnip. 


Acme. 




u ci 


Arlington Favorite. 




(( it 


Early Columbia. 




u u 


Dewing' s. 




a u 


Edmund's. 






Market Gardeners'. 




u a 


New Crimson Chief. 




Eclipse. 

a 


Columbia. 
Detroit Dark Red. 




Egyptian. 


Crosby. 




u 


Excelsior. 




u 


Extra Early Turin. 




Lentz. 


Improved Arlington. 




U 


Dark Stinson. 




u 


Electric. 




u 


Landreths' Early 
Forcing. 




u 


New Surprise. 




Long Blood. 


Ne Plus Ultra. 




Swiss Chard. 


Silver Beet. 




u 


Spanish Spinach. 


Beet— Field 






Sorts 


• • Champion Yellow- 
Intermediate Man- 
gold Wurtzel. 


Gate Post. 




Giant Long Red 


Colossal Monarch. 




Mangold Wurtzel. 






11 u 


Jumbo. 




u u 


Prize Mammoth. 




(c u 


Norbiton Giant. 



62 



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Generic Name, Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 

Beet—Field 

Sorts, Con Giant Long Eed Man- Saw Log. 

gold Wurtzel, 
Eed Top Sugar. 
White Silesian. 
Brussels Sprouts- Dwarf. 



Cabbage 



French. 
Autumn King. 
Danish Ball Head. 



Early Spring. 
Early Winnigstadt. 



Early Dwarf Flat 
Dutch. 



Etampes. 



Filderkraut. 



Fottler's Brunswick. 



Danish Sugar. 
White French. 
Miniature Cabbage. 
Perfection. 
Koseberry. 
World Beater. 
Amager. 
Base Ball. 
Cannon Ball. 
Hollander. 
Solid Emperor. 
Flat Parisian. 
Early Cone. 
Quedlinburg Winnig- 
stadt. 
All Seasons. 

All Year Bound. 

Early All Head. 

Early Southern Cross. 

Long Island Medium 
Flat Dutch. 

Advance. 

Express. 

Lightning. 

Henderson's Premium. 

Wonderful. 

Pomeranian Pointed 
Head. 

Fottler's Early Drum- 
head. 

Gregory's Early Drum- 
head. 



63 

Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 

Cabbage, Con Fowler's Brunswick. Large White Bruns- 
wick. 
" " Short Stem. 

Henderson's Early New York Early 

Summer. Summer. 

Large Jersey Wake- Charleston Wakefield, 
field. 

" " Large-Headed Wake- 

field. 
" " Large Wakefield. 

Large Late Flat Dutch. Bloomsdale Large Late 
Flat Dutch. 
" " Danish Large Late 

Flat Dutch. 
" " Excelsior Large Late 

Flat Dutch. 
" " Market Gardeners' 

Large Late Flat 
Dutch. 
" " Matchless Large Late 

Flat Dutch. 
" " Premium Large Late 

Flat Dutch. 
" " Silver Leaf Large Late 

Flat Dutch. 
" " Superb Large Late Flat 

Dutch. 
" " Chicago Market 

Garden. 
" " Large Late Drumhead. 

" " Late All Head. 

" " Surehead. 

Louisville Early Eclipse. 

Drumhead. 

" " Ferry Deep-Head. 



64 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 

Cabbage, Con Louisville Early Florida Header. 

Drumhead. 

" " New Hard Heading. 

" " Eeedland Early Drum- 

head. 
Ked Dutch. Early Dark-Red 

Erfurt, 
" Red Rock. 

St. Dennis. Chou Bonneuil. 

" Eclipse. 

" Imported Early Flat 

Dutch. 
Solid South. 
Landreths' Early Sum- 
mer Flat Head. 
Little Pixie. 



St. John's Day. 

Select Jersey Wake- 
field. 
Stone Mason. 



Buncombe. 

'' Hard Heading. 

" Large Bergen. 

" Large Late Mountain. 

Vandergaw' s Early Bloomsdale Early 

Drumhead. Drumhead. 

" " Succession. 

Carrot French Earliest Short Early Round Parisian. 

Horn. 



Half Long Scarlet 

Stump-Rooted. 
Long Orange. 



Extra Early French 

Forcing. 
Golden Ball. 
Chantenay. 

Altringham. 
Henderson's Inter- 
mediate. 
Long Red Surrey. 



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Generic Name. 


Recognized Specific Name 


s. Synonyms. 


fin i*T*ftt; (Inn . . . . . 


. . . Tinner Oranw 


Victoria. 


VCUXvl) \jUlb» • • • ' 


1 ■ • JL*J\J±ltl V^i*AllgVy# 

Orange Danvers. 


Rubicon Half Long. 




Oxheart. 


Early Gem. 




it 


Guerande. 




Scarlet Horn Blunt- 


Bellot. 




Rooted. 






White Vosges. 


White Giant. 


Cauliflower 


. . . Dwarf Earliest Erfurt. 


Dwarf Earliest. 




u a 


First. 




Early Paris. 


Nonpareil. 




Early Snow Ball. 


Very Dwarf, Small 
Leaved. 




U It 


Henderson's Early 
Snow Ball. 




Algiers. 


Landreths' Reliable. 


Celery 


. . . Dwarf White Solid. 


Kalamazoo. 




Giant Pascal. 


Winter King. 


v 


Golden Heart. 


Crawford' s Half Dwarf. 




a 


Golden Dwarf, Self- 
Blanching. 




u 


Henderson's Half 
Dwarf. 




Paris Golden Self- 


Golden Self-Blanching. 




Blanching. 






White Plume. 


Self-Blanching. 


Chicory 


. . . Common or Long- 
Booted. 


Barbe de Capuchin. 


Collards 


. . • Georgia. 


Cabbage. 




44 


Creole. 




u 


Improved White 
Georgia. 




u 


Silver. 




44 


Southern Curled. 


Corn— Table 






Sorts 


. . • Asylum. 


Early Mammoth. 



66 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 

Corn— Table 

Sorts, Con Asylum. 

u 

Ballard's Extra Early. 
it u 

Black Mexican. 

Concord. 

Country Gentleman. 



Crosby. 
Early Adams. 
Early 8-rowed. 
Egyptian. 
Golden Sugar. 



Corn— Field 
Sorts 



Imitation Sugar. 



Narragansett. 

Old Colony. 

Perry's Hybrid. 
Bed Cory. 
Tuscarora. 

Blunt' s Prolific. 
Early Bed Blazed. 
Early Yellow Canada. 



Synonyms. 

Darling's. 
Triumph. 
Dolly Dutton. 
Tom Thumb. 
Squaw. 
Honey. 
Little Gem. 
Ne Plus Ultra. 
Quaker Sweet. 
Shoe Peg. 
Boston Market. 
Burlington. 
New England. 
Washington Market. 
Brighton. 
Early Orange. 
Golden Coin. 
Golden Sweet. 
First in Market. 
Landreths' Early 

Market. 
Southern Boasting Ear. 
Marblehead. 
Excelsior. 
Landreths' Sugar. 
. Squantum. 
Chicago Market. 
First of All. 
Brazilian Flour. 

Mammoth Ensilage. 
Smut Nose. 
Early Yellow Flint. 
Vermont Eight-rowed 
Yellow. 



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67 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. 

Com— Field 

Sorts, Con Extra Early Long 

Bristol. 
Golden Dent. 



Large White Flint. 
Maryland White Gourd 
Northwestern Dent. 
Sheep Tooth. 
White's Surprise. 
Corn— Pop Pearl. 



White Kice. 



Cress 



Cucumber 



• Curled. 

Gray Seeded Early 
Winter. 



Golden Yellow. 
■ Early Frame. 



Early Russian. 



Failb/s Hybrid. 



Synonyms. 

Landreths' Southern 

Prolific. 
Early Golden Dent. 
Pride of the North. 
Queen of the Prairie. 
Yellow Dent. 
Old Hominy. 
.Southern Snowflake. 
Bloody Butcher. 
Southern Fodder. 
Extra Early Pearl* 
Silver Lace. 
Small White Bow. 
Egyptian. 
Monarch. 
Rat Tooth. 
Snow Ball. 
Pepper Grass. 

American. 

Land. 

Upland. 

Australian. 

Early Cluster. 

Livingston' s Evergreen. 

Short Green. 

Wethersfield Chicago 

Pickle. 
Extra Early Seedling. 
Extra Early Siberian. 
Everbearing. 
New Siberian. 
Extra LongWhiteSpine. 
Fordhook Famous. 



68 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



Gherkin. 



Nichols' Medium 

Green. 
Short Prolific. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 

Cucumber, Con. . -Failby's Hybrid. New Orleans Market 

Spine. 
Burr. 

Bound Prickly. 
West India. 
California Pickle. 

Boston Market. 
Boston Pickling. 
Chicago- Pickling. 
Early Green Prolific. 
Extra Early Green 

Prolific. 
Jersey Pickle. 
Prize Taker. 
Chinese Snake. 
Astro. 

English Frame. 
Japan White. 
White India. 
White Pearl. 
Arlington White Spine. 
Bennet's White Spine. 
Buist's Perfection White 

Spine. 
Early White Spine. 
Evergreen White Spine. 
Fordhook White Spine. 
Improved White Spine. 
Peerless White Spine. 
Bismarck. 
Thorburn's Commercial 

Pickle. 
Cultivated. 
Improved Thick-leaved. 



Sooly Qua. 

Telegraph. 

it 

White Parisian. 



White Spine. 



Dandelion Common French. 

Cabbaging. 



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Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 
Plant Large Spineless Purple. 



Endive 



Madras-striped? 
Broad-leaved. 



Kale 



Green Curled. 
White Curled. 
Asparagus. 
Dwarf German. 



Dwarf German Purple. 
Extra Dwarf Light 

Green Curled 

Scotch. 

Jersey. 

Waite's Dwarf Heading 

Kohl Rabi Early Green Vienna. 

Green. 
a 

Leek Large London. 

Large Musselburgh. 

U it 

Large Kouen. 
Lettuce American Gathering. 



Brown Dutch. 
Bronzed Curled. 



Synonyms. 
New Jersey. 
New Orleans Market. 
New York Purple. 
Guadalupe. 
Batavian. 
Escarolle. 
Lettuce-leaved. 
Winter. 
Moss Curled. 
New Orleans Broad-leaf. 
Cottagers. 

Dwarf Curled Scotch. 
German Greens. 
Siberian. 
Sprouts. 
Winter. 
Dwarf Brown Curled. 

{Bloomsdale. 
Mosbach. 
Norfolk. 
Cow or Tree. 
Eosette. 

Early White Vienna. 
Large Green. 
Large White. 
White. 
Flag. 
Carentan. 
Scotch Champion. 
American. 
Onondaga. 
Perpetual. 
Prize Head. 
Brown Ginco Cabbage. 
Brown Chartiers. 



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THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 

Lettuce, Con. California Cream 

Butter, 
u u 



Synonyms. 



Beckert's Golden. 

Blonde Beauty. 

Philadelphia Butter. 

Spotted Passion. 

Curled Simpson. 

Perpetual. 

White Chartiers. 

Long Loaf. 

New Trianon Cos or 
Celery. 

Bomaine. 

Self Closing Cos. 

Hardy Green Winter. 

Curled India. 

Iceberg. 

Marblehead Mammoth. 

Deacon. 

Norfolk Eoyal Cabbage. 
Perpignan , Yellow Seed. Creole. 

Hubbard Market. 

Landreths' Early 
Summer. 

Perfected Salamander. 

Keliable. 

Salamander. 

St. Louis Market. 

Stubborn Header. 

Thick Bead Yellow. 

Waite's Summer 
Cabbage. 
11 Wood's Cabbage. 
Tennisball, White Seed. All Year Bound. 

1 ' " Boston Market. 

Trocadero. Big Boston. 



Curled Silesia. 

Golden Curled. 
Green Cos. 



Hammersmith. 
Hanson. 



Largest of All. 



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71 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 

Lettuce, Con. Trocadero. Ked Edged. 

Turkish Butter. Black Seeded Satisfac- 

tion. 
Bloomsdale Butter. 
Wheeler's Tom Thumb. Landreths' Forcing. 

Melon— Musk Acme. Anne Arundel. 

" Atlantic City. 

Baltimore. 
Baltimore Market. 
Cosmopolitan. Cannon Ball. 

Delmonico. Princess. 

Early Hackensack. Turk's Cap. 
Extra Early Hacken- 



sack. 




Arlington. 


a 


it 


Champion. 


(< 


tt 


Chicago Market. 


it 


tt 


Early Cape May. 


tt 


t< 


Livingston's Market. 


(( 


a 


Superb. 


Green Persian. 


Casaba. 


(.< it 




Giant of Colorado. 


Large Jenny Lind. 


Extra Early June. 


u it 




Jersey Belle. 


Long Island 


Beauty. 


California Beauty. 


Mango. 




Vegetable Peach. 


a 




Vine Orange. 


tt 




Vine Peach. 


Montreal. 




Outremont Beauty. 


Netted Gem. 




Alamo. 


(( K 




Colorado. 


CC (( 




Dewey Gem. 


(( tt 




Golden Gem. 


«( tt 




Golden Jenny. 


tt tt 

Nutmeg. 




Kocky Ford. 
Green Citron. 



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THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 

Melon-Musk, Con. Nutmeg. 

Paul Rose. 

San Joaquin. 

Salmon and Green. 
<i a 

White Japan. 

Winter Casaba. 
<< t< 

Melon — Water • • Arkansas Traveller. 

Blue Gem. 

<< 

Duke Jones. 
Florida Favorite. 



Georgia Rattlesnake. 



Mustard 



Iron Clad. 
Jordan's Grey 

Monarch. 
Kleckly Sweet. 
Kolb's Gem. 
Mclver's Sugar. 
Mountain Sweet. 
Odella. 
Peerless. 
Phinney's Early. 
Bound Dark Icing. 
Kound Light Icing. 
. Brown. 
Giant Southern Curled 



Large Leaved. 



Synonyms. 
Netted Pine Apple. 
Petoskey. 
California Citron. 
Miller's Cream. 
Ked-Fleshed Osage. 
Surprise. 
Santa Claus. 
Winter Pine Apple. 
Santiago. 
Georgia Blue. 
Gloussier. 
Jumbo. 

Sibley's Triumph. 
Volga. 
White Gem. 
Gypsey. 
Jackson. 
Striped Gypsey. 
Delaware. 
Landreths' Long Light 

Icing. 
Monte Cristo. 
American Champion. 
Wonderful. 
Shippers' Favorite. 
California. 
Ice Cream. 

Landreths' Extra Early. 
Early Fordhook. 
Ice Rind. 
Black. 
Chinese. 
Creole Curled. 
Georgia. 
Bloomsdale Large 

Leaved. 



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Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 

Mustard, Con Large Leaved. 

Yellow. 
Okra White Velvet. 



Tall. 

Dwarf Green. 



Onion 



Green. 

Australian Brown. 
Creole. 

French Early White 
Queen. 

a u 

u u 

t( it 

Italian Early White 
Queen. 



Large White Flat 
Tripoli. 



Paris Silver Skin. 

II u 

Prize Taker. 



Red Cracker. 

Red Southport Globe. 



Synonyms. 
Golden. 
White. 
Creole. 
Lady Finger. 
New South. 
White Velvet. 
Long. 
Density. 
Dwarf Prolific. 
White. 

Brown Beauty. 
Louisiana. 
Extra Early Bloomsdale 

Pearl. 
Nocera. 

Silver White Etna. 
White Pearl. 
Early Radish. 

Extra Early Barletta. 
New Adriatic. 
El Paso. 

Mexican. 
San Pedro. 
Silver King. 
White Garganus. 
Autumn White Wax. 
Crystal Wax. 
Mammoth Yellow Prize 

Taker. 
Spanish Globe. 
Spanish King. 
Red Seal. 
Red Rocca. 



74 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



Parsley 



Parsnip 



cNam 


e. Recognized Specific Nairn 


e. Synonyms. 


on 


Eed Tripoli. 


Copper King. 




u 


Eed Garganus. 




u 


Eed Pompeii. 




White Bermuda. 


Canary Island. 




White Portugal. 


Bloomsdale White. 




i< 


New England White. 




u 


Philadelphia White. 




ti 


Silver Skin. 




White Southport Globe. Silver Ball. 




(< << 


White Eocca. 




Yellow Cracker. 


Golden Seal. 




Yellow Globe Danvers 


i. Long Keeper. 




Yellow Southport 


Yellow Eocca. 




Globe. 






Yellow Strasburg. 


Yellow Dutch. 




Double Curled. 


Curled. 




a (< 


Fine Curled. 




i< (< 


Extra Curled. 




Emerald Gem. 


Beauty. 




a <( 


Beauty of the Parterre. 




(< <« 


Emerald. 




Hamburg. 


German. 




<( 


Turnip-rooted. 




Mosa Curled. 


Champion. 

Covent Garden Garnish- 
ing. 




<( 


Fern-leaved. 




t< 


Myatt's Garnishing. 




<< 


Triple Curled. 




Plain. 


Common. 




i < 


Single. 




• • • . • Elcombe Giant. 


Bloomsdale. 




<( it 


Devonshire. 




Hollow Crowned. 


Cup. 




<( <( 


Guernsey. 



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75 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. 



Parsnip, Con Hollow Crowned. 



Peas 



Advancer. 



Alaska. 



Auvergne. 



Blue Beauty. 
Blue Peter. 
Carter's Daisy. 



Synonyms. 

Long Smooth. 

Long White. 

Student. 

Sugar. 

Horsford's Market 
Garden. 

Earliest of All. 

Kentish Invicta. 

Laxton' s Earliest. 

Sitka. 

French Canner. 

Petit Pois. 

Small Early French. 

Perfection. 

Blue Tom Thumb. 

Daisy. 

Dwarf Telephone. 
Daniel O'Rourke, Im- 
proved. Canada Extra Early. 

Dexter. 

Eureka. 

Family Garden. 

First and Best. 

Hancock Extra Early. 

Landreths' Extra Early. 

Maud S. 

Morning Star. 

Philadelphia Extra 
Early. 

Premier Extra Early. 

Rural New Yorker. 

Summit. 

Sutton's Ring Leader. 
Daniel O'Rourke, Ordi- Early Frame, 
nary. 



76 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. Synonyms. 

Peas, Con Daniel O'Rourke, Ordi- Early Kent. 

nary. 



Pepper 



u u 


Early June. 


U (< 


Early May. 


<< (( 


Early Washington. 


Duke of Albany. 


American Champion. 


Dwarf White Sugar. 


Dwarf Brittany. 


Gradus. 


Early Giant. 


a 


Prosperity. 


Little Gem. 


Premium Gem. 


Pride of the Market. 


Golden Sugar. 


Prince of Wales. 


Alliance. 


it «( 


Eugenie. 


Stratagem. 


Sharp's Queen. 


u 


Victory. 


Surprise. 


Eclipse. 


Telegraph. 


Giant Podded 




Marrowfat. 


u 


Improved Long Island 




Marrowfat. 


Telephone. 


Victoria. 


Tom Thumb. 


Earliest Dwarf. 


it 


Strawberry. 


White Canada Field. 


Niles. 


White Marrowfat. 


Dwarf White 




Marrowfat. 


Yorkshire Hero. 


Alameda Sweet. 


u 


Big Gem. 


(I 


Dwarf Champion. 


u 


Everbearing. 


Cherry. 


Bird's Eye. 


<{ 


Creole. 


Golden Bell. 


Golden Dawn. 


u 


Golden Queen. 


Large Sweet Spanish. 


Bull Nose. 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



77 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. 

Pepper, Con Large Sweet Spanish. 

a u 

Long Eed Cayenne. 



Chinese Giant. 
Small Chili Bed. 
Small French Cayenne 
Squash. 
. Black Sugar. 



Pumpkin 



Radish 



Cashaw. 

Connecticut Field. 
Large Common Field. 
Mammoth Tours. 



Small Sugar. 

u 

• Bullock's Blood. 

k 

Chinese Kose, Winter. 

it u 

Chinese Stump-rooted. 

Dresden. 

Deep Scarlet Turnip. 

u a 



Earliest Scarlet Erfurt, 

u tc 

Half Long Deep 
Scarlet. 



Synonyms. 
Large Bell. 

Large Sweet Mountain. 
Cayenne. 
New Cardinal. 
Procopp's Giant. 
Small Oxheart. 
Coral Gem. 
Tomato. 
Nantucket Pie. 
Negro. 

Yellow Crookneck. 
Yankee Cow. 
Big Tom. 
Big Show. 
Jumbo. 

King of Mammoths. 
Mammoth Fifty 

Dollars. 
New England Pie. 
Yankee Pie. 
Landreths' Earliest. 
Garnet. 
Scarlet China. 
Scarlet Winter. 
All Seasons. 
Celestial. 
Grey Summer. 
Cherry. 

Ne Plus Ultra. 
Bed Turnip. 
Scarlet Button. 
Early Bird. 
Fire Ball. 
Paris Beauty. 



78 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. 

Radish, Con Large California 

White Winter. 
Long Scarlet Short Top. 

Long White Strasburg. 



Long White Vienna. 



New Bright Scarlet. 

a it 



Eaphanus Caudatus. 

u « 

Scarlet Globe. 



Scarlet Olive Shaped. 



Scarlet Olive, White 

Tip. 
Scarlet Turnip, White 

Tip. 



Synonyms. 
Mammoth White 

Russian. 
Covent Garden. 
Salmon. 
Hospital. 
Nonpareil. 
Sandwich. 
White Chartier. 
1834. 
Landreths' Long White 

Lady Finger. 
Livingston' s New Pearl. 
Amazement. 
French Cafe. 
Startle. 
Wonderful. 
Edible-pod. 
Eat-tailed. 
Carmine Globe. 
Extra Early Carmine. 
Prussian Globe. 
Rosy Gem. 
Scarlet of France. 
Henderson' s Red 

Rocket. 
Johnson & Stokes' 

Startle. 
French Breakfast. 

Henderson's Rapid 

Forcing. 
Royal Red Forcing. 
Ruby Pearl. 
White-tipped Scarlet 

Ball. 



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79 



Generic Name. 

Radish, Con — 



Recognized Specific Name, 
• Triumph. 
White Olive Shaped. 

White Turnip. 

(( u 

Wood's Early Frame. 



Yellow Summer. 

Rape English Kape. 

Salsify Sandwich Island. 

Scorzonera. 
Spinach Bloomsdale Curled 



Enkhuisen. 



Orach. 



Victoria. 



Squash 



Viroflay. 
a 

Boston Marrow. 
Early Orange Marrow. 



Synonyms. 
Striped. 
Newcome. 
White Kocket. 
Summer White. 
White Box. 
Chartier. 

Cincinnati Market. 
Glass. 

Shephard's Long Rose. 
Golden Globe. 
Golden Perfection. 
Dwarf Essex. 
Spring Sprouts. 
Improved Mammoth. 
Black Salsify. 
Curled Savoy. 

Landreth. 

Norfolk Savoy. 

Long Standing. 

Thick Leaf. 

French Spinach. 

New Zealand, 

Ever-ready. 

Johnson and Stokes' 
Long Standing. 

New Parisian. 

Belgium Evergreen. 

Improved Thick-leaved. 

Autumnal Marrow. 

Chicago Orange Mar- 
row. 

Colvin's Early Marrow. 

Dunlap' s Early Marrow. 

Early Prolific Marrow. 



80 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



uon r^any urange iviarrow. 

Early White Bush. 


iirxtra n.any iviarrow. 
Cymbling. 


u it 


Patty Pan. 


Essex Hybrid. 


American Turban. 


(< a 


Hard Shell Turban. 


it a 


Eed Turban. 


u a 


Warren. 


Green Summer Crook- 


Strickler's Green 


neck. 


Summer. 


Marblehead. 


Blue Hubbard. 


Pike's Peak. 


Sibley. 


White Pine Apple. 


Cocoanut. 


it it 


White Turban. 


Winter Crookneck. 


Canada Crookneck. 


(< « 


Cashaw. 


Yellow Bush. 


Extra Early Bush. 


Yellow Summer Crook- 


neck. 


Golden Crookneck. 


U (( 


Summer Warted. 


Acme. 


Essex Hybrid. 


" 


The Honey. 


Atlantic Prize. 


Earliest of All. 


U (C 


Early Euby. 


u cc 


Extra Early Kichmond. 


(( t< 


Improved Atlantic 




Prize. 


t< C< 


Money Maker. 


Cook's Favorite. 


Canada Victor. 


It (C 


Hathaway' s Excelsior. 


Currant. 


Grape. 


Dwarf Champion. 


Meteor. 


n. a 


Station. 


a u 


Tree. 


t< it 


Upright. 


Early Jersey. 


Advance. 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



81 



Jiiariy j ersey 




Aipna. 
Belmont. 


u 




Cumberland Ked. 


u 




Conqueror. 


(I 




Early Cluster. 


Fejee. 




Beefsteak. 


Golden Trophy. 


Golden Queen. 


4« 




Lemon Blush. 


U 




Queen of the Yellows. 


U 




Sunrise. 


(I 




The Shah. 


Husk. 




Barbados Gooseberry. 


it 




Ground Cherry. 


u 




Mexican. 


u 




Strawberry. 


u 




Winter Cherry. 


Ivory Ball. 




Green Gage. 


Livingston' a 


Beauty. 


Baltimore Prize Taker. 


u 


a 


Cincinnati Purple. 


a 


u 


Climax. 


tc 


u 


Lay Keeper. 


it 


u 


New Hybrid. 


u 


u 


Table Queen. 


a 


u 


Truckers' Favorite. 


it 


u 


Volunteer. 


Livingston's 


Favorite. 


Bell. 


u 


u 


Brandywine. 


(I 


u 


Cardinal. 


(i 


(4 


Mayflower. 


<< 


(( 


Optimus. 


a 


(( 


Ked Cross. 


a 


u 


Scovill's Hybrid. 


Paragon. 




Baltimore Queen. 


u 




Brinton's Best. 


(( 




New Queen. 



82 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name 
Tomato, Con Paragon. 



Ponderosa. 
Eed Pear. 
Spark's Earliana. 
Turner's Hybrid. 



Stone. 

Yellow Pear. 
Turnip * Amber Globe. 



Synonyms. 
Improved Queen. 
Eed Queen. 
Koyal Ked. 
Ten Ton. 
Four Hundred. 
Ked Plum. 
Montebello. 
Lorillard. 
Mikado. 
Potato-Leaved. 
1600 Dollar. 
Ked Beauty. 
Fig. 

Yellow Globe. 
Yellow Stone. 
Carter's Elephant Kuta Hurst's Monarch Ruta 



" " Jumbo Ruta Baga. 

" " Monarch King Ruta 

Baga. 
" " Monarch Tankard Ruta 

Baga. 
Champion Swede Ruta Landreths' Improved 
Purple-Top Yellow 
Ruta Baga. 
" Purple-Top Yellow 

Ruta Baga. 
" Yellow Swede Ruta 



Turnip 



■ Cow Horn. 

Golden Ball. 

Long Island Yellow 

Ruta Baga. 
Purple Top. 



Large Cropper. 
White Tankard. 
Orange Jelly. 
Bloomsdale Yellow 

Ruta Baga. 
Red Top. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



83 



Generic Name. Recognized Specific Name. 



Synonyms. 



Turnip, Con. 



.Scarlet Kashmyr. 
Seven Top. 

a u 

Southern Prize. 
Sweet German. 

a u 



White Egg. 

White Stone. 
ct u 

Yellow Aberdeen. 



Cardinal. 

Forester. 

Turnip Winter Greens. 

Dixie Land. 

Breadstone. 

Budlong. 

Kock. 

Extra Early White 

French. 
Snow Ball. 
White Stubble. 
Yellow Scotch. 



PUTTING UP SEED PACKETS. 

Put up your own seed packets and advertise yourself. 
Build up your own reputation, not somebody else's. 
Besides, the cost will be much smaller. Putting them 
up yourself, the average cost of 5-cent packets should 
not exceed $6.00 per 1,000 as against $20.00 or $25.00 
per 1,000 that you possibly have been paying when 
put up by somebody else. 

The following are manufacturers' average prices for 
illustrated seed bags, and on the succeeding pages are 
given Tables of Standard Quantities of Seeds, both of 
Vegetables and Flowers, that will enable you to fill 
your own packets in a systematic and economic man- 
ner. These Tables are similar to those used by the 
larger wholesale Seed Houses, the quantities having 
been carefully gauged to cover what is required for 
sowing in an ordinary family garden. 

Average Prices for Empty Illustrated Seed Bags, 

pictured in colors, bearing name of variety, directions 

for culture, and address of seed dealer. 

100,000 lots— $1.00 per 1,000. 

50,000 lots— $1.10 per 1,000. 

25,000 lots— $1.25 per 1,000. 

10,000 lots— $1.50 per 1,000. 

Less than 10,000 lots— $1.75 per 1,000. 

See pages 11-19 for addresses of Manufacturers of 

Seed Bags. 

(84) 



TABLE OF STANDARD QUANTITIES, FOR FILL- 
ING FULL QUANTITY OR 5-CENT PACKETS, 
OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 

Quantity. 

Asparagus i oz - 

Beans, all varieties 1 P^ 

Beet, Standard Table varieties \ oz. 

Beet, Standard Field varieties \ " 

Cabbage, Standard varieties. \ 

Carrot, Standard varieties. - I 

Celery, Standard varieties \ 

Celery, Fancy varieties tV 

Chicory. \ 

Collards s 

Corn, Sugar, Standard varieties. j pt. 

Corn Salad i oz. 

Cress, curled I 

Cress, water rV 

Cucumber, Standard varieties. i " 

Cucumber, in short season tV 

Dandelion itf 

Egg Plant t<t " 

Endive \ 

Kale ¥ 

KohlKabi I " 

Leek z 

Lettuce, Standard varieties \ 

Melon, Musk, Standard varieties \ " 

Melon, Water, Standard varieties \ " 

Mustard • • • ? 

(85) 



86 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



Quantity. 

Okra | oz. 

Onion \ " 

Onion, fancy sorts \ " 

Parsley \ " 

Parsnip J " 

Peas, Standard varieties. \ pt. 

Pepper ts oz. 

Pumpkin \ tl 

Radish \ " 

Rhubarb T V " 

Salsify i " 

Spinach | " 

Squash \ " 

Tomato tV " 

Herbs i " 



Table of Standard Quantities for Filling Flower-Seed 

Packets. 

Retail Price 
per Packet 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.25 
.05 



Quantity. 

Abutilon, mixed 25 seeds 

Ageratum, Mexicanum T V oz, 

Ageratum, Tom Thumb, mixed -^ 

Aquilegia T V 

Alyssum Saxatile ^ 

Alyssum, Sweet y% 

Antirrhinum, Majus T V 

Aster, Comet ^o 

Aster, Semple's ^V 

Aster, Truffaut' s Pseony -£$ 

Balsam, Camellia-Flowered ¥ V 

Balsam, Separate Colors -fa 

Bellis, Double Daisy, mixed ^ 

Bellis, Double Snowball ^ 

Calceolaria Hybrida . • • • 250 seeds 

Calendula, Double mixed £ oz. 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 



87 



Retail Price 
Quantity. per Packet. 

Calendula, Favorite i oz. .10 

Calliopsis, Golden Wave \ " .05 

Calliopsis, mixed \ " .05 

Campanula, single.. = \ " .05 

Campanula, double 2V " -05 

Candytuft, Crimson and White } " .05 

Candytuft, Giant Hyacinth A " -10 

Candytuft, mixed \ " .05 

Carnation, Choice Double mixed ^ " .15 

Carnation, Marguerite ws u .10 

Celosia, mixed 2V " -05 

Celosia, Queen of Dwarfs fV " .10 

Centaurea Cyanus | " .06 

Centaurea Imperialis, White iV " -10 

Chrysanthemum i " .05 

Cineraria, Finest mixed -^ " .25 

Cobea Scandens fo " .05 

Coleus, Giant Copper-leaved 50 seeds .15 

Coleus, mixed 40 seeds .05 

Cosmos, mixed. | oz. .05 

Cosmos, Separate Colors £ " .10 

Cypress Vine i " .05 

Cyclamen 40 seeds .10 

Dahlia, Cactus ^ oz. .10 

Dahlia, mixed ^ " .05 

Delphinium ^ " .05 

Dianthus, China Pink T \ " .05 

Dolichos % " .05 

Escholtzia, Golden West T L " .05 

Euphorbia Heterophylla -^ " .10 

Euphorbia Marginata iV " -05 

Everlastings, Acroclinium to ' c -05 

Everlastings, Gomphrena tV " «05 

Feverfew ^ " -05 



88 



THE SEEDSMAN S ASSISTANT. 



Quantity. 

Forget-Me-Not -h oz. 

Fuchsia. 25 seeds 

Gaillardia tV oz - 

Geranium Pelargonium 25 seeds 

Geranium Zonale 20 seeds 

Gloxinias 30 



Gourds i 

Gypsophilla \ 

Helichrysum xV 

Heliotrope ■§? 

Hollyhock, Allegheny • • • ^ 

Hollyhock, mixed ?% 

Ipomea, Bona Nox i 

Lantana i 

Larkspur tV 

Linaria j? 

Lobelia Compacta T V 

Lobelia, White Gem -fa 

Lychnis xV 

Marigold 

Marvel of Peru 

Mignonette 

Mimulus 

Momordica xV 

Moonflower i 

Morning Glory £ 

Nasturtium i 

Pansy, Extra Select ■$? 

Pansy, Fancy yj 

Pansy, Ordinary mixed ^ 

Petunia Hybrida, mixed 3V 

Petunia, Kuffled Giant 50 

Phlox Drummondii, mixed ^s ' 

Phlox Drummondii, Nana Compacta. ^ 






.BetatZ Prtc« 
per Paefcef. 

.05 
.15 
.05 
.25 
.10 
.25 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.15 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.15 
.05 
.10 



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89 



Quantity. 

Poppy i oz. 

Primula Sinensis 25 Seeds. 

Pyrethrum r ^ oz. 

Ricinus £ 

Salpiglossis Grandiflora fa 

Salpiglossis, mixed fa 

Salvia fa 

Scabiosa \ 

Sensitive Plant y 1 ^ 

Smilax fa 

Stocks, Giant Perfection -fa 

Stocks, Ten Weeks fa 

Sunflower, Chrysanthemum \ 

Sweet Peas \ 

Sweet William \ 

Thunbergia fa 

Yerbena Hybrida, mixed fa 

Vinca, mixed fa 

Vinca, Separate Colors fa 

Viola Odorata fa 

Wallflower fa 

Zinnia, Curled and Crested • • fa 

Zinnia, Ordinary mixture fa 



Retail Price 
per Packet. 

.05 
.20 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.05 



PUBLISHING A CATALOGUE. 

It will pay every seed-dealer, doing a fair amount 
of business, to issue a catalogue of his own, which may 
also be used for listing other goods that are handled. 
As an advertising scheme, a catalogue is the best form. 
It should be mailed or given to every user of seeds in 
the dealer's locality. That trade will thereby be kept 
at home, which is now called away in response to 
catalogues mailed by seedsmen in other cities. 

The best way to go about getting up a catalogue is to 
obtain a number of catalogues from different seed 
houses, take a day off and study the catalogues over 
carefully, making comparison of one with another. By 
doing this you will soon catch on to the idea. Seed 
catalogues naturally all run pretty much alike, as to 
description of things offered. 

Use your scissors freely, cut out such matter as meets 
your purpose from one catalogue, some from another 
and so on. Present a novelty or two. See the list of 
synonyms for an idea of the method by which " novel- 
ties ' ' usually are originated — a piratical custom that 
seemingly continues to be winked at with good-natured 
indifference by the trade. Novelties fetch better prices 
by the pound, ounce or packet. Some folks are always 
looking out for novelties. They are never deceived. 

(90) 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 91 

For no two individuals are precisely alike, any more 
than two leaves on the same tree. There is, to be 
sure, family resemblance, but certain dissimilarity may 
be traced, to be called novelty, if you like. 

The catalogue business, particularly as to seeds, 
therefore nourishes, and will continue to do so, so long 
as there are people looking for novelties. Madam, if 
it is a lady, looks over the seed catalogues at hand, 
reads the dazzling (ofttimes hair-raising) descriptions 
of the new things offered and straightway she makes up 
her mind to send for them. While she is writing out 
the order, she concludes she may as well make one job 
of it and get the standard, common varieties from the 
same source. Thus the enterprising catalogue man 
swoops the whole seed trade of that family, which, were 
it not for the ' ' novelties, ' ' the home store might have 
had. 

Before giving the catalogue out to be printed, obtain 
estimates from several different printers for the same 
class of work ; they are not always uniform in their 
rates. Electros of Vegetables and Flowers, duplicates 
of what are used by Seedsmen, can be obtained at 
reasonable prices from the dealers whose addresses are 
given on page 46. 



LAWN-GRASS SEED AND LAWN FERTILIZER. 

It will be found cheaper and more satisfactory for the 
dealer to prepare his own Lawn-Grass Seed and Lawn 
Fertilizer. The processes are simple. Following are 
given the best Formulas extant for their manufacture. 

Formula for Making Central Park, Fairmount Park 
or Evergreen Lawn-Grass Seed. 

40 lbs. Kentucky Blue Grass, extra clean. 
10 lbs. Perennial Rye Grass. 

5 lbs. Sweet Vernal. 

5 lbs. White Clover. 
Mix thoroughly. 

The above makes the very finest mixture; there can 
be nothing better. What are styled ' ' ordinary ' ' and 
1 1 popular ' ' mixtures are prepared by omitting Sweet 
Vernal and White Clover altogether, or by omitting 
Sweet Vernal and reducing quantities of White Clover, 
Rye and Blue Grass, and substituting a proportion of 
Red Top. Blue Grass forms the chief element in Lawn 
Grass, and there should always be a good proportion 
of it. 

(92) 



THE SEEDSMAN'S ASSISTANT. 93 

Formula for Making the Best Lawn-Grass Seed for 
Shady Places. 

25 lbs. Kentucky Blue Grass, extra clean. 
25 lbs. Hard Fescue Grass. 
50 lbs. Orchard Grass. 
Mix thoroughly. 

Formula for Making a First-Glass Lawn Fertilizer. 

600 lbs. Bone Meal. 

75 lbs. Guano. 

40 lbs. Salt. 
Mix thoroughly. 



BUSINESS SUCCESS. 

All about us in the business world are seen instances 
of men we know, who once had stood proudly at the 
top-most round in their business or professional career, 
but now are struggling along down at the foot. 
Through their one-time enthusiasm of purpose (which 
seems to possess every one some time or other in his 
career) those we speak of had accomplished a measure 
of success. But after gaining the pinnacle, they had 
committed the fatal error of relaxing their strenuousness 
and showing a willingness, thenceforth, to subsist on 
the glory of what had been performed, — with the usual 
result that while they were thus posing on their laurels, 
another set of men, who had entered the field of action, 
with fresher blood, later and superior ideas and methods, 
imbued with that same enthusiasm of purpose to attain 
success, had pushed forward with rude force and, shov- 
ing them unceremoniously from their former position, 
have clambered there themselves. And in like man- 
ner these last masters of the situation will in turn be 
jostled from their perch by others of the same calibre 
coming after them, unless they too are ever mindful of 
the inexorable laws of individualism and progress. 

Don't relax your efforts in business. Keep moving. 
(94) 



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